The 42-player field is set for the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai. The competition begins Jan. 18 and ends on Jan. 20, at Hualālai Four Seasons Resort golf course in North Kona.
Reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner Steve Stricker highlights the list of past champions, capturing the 2023 title at Hualālai, the first of his six victories during a record-breaking year on PGA TOUR Champions. Stricker will be joined by a pair of three-time winners of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship: Bernhard Langer (2009, 2014, 2017) and Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2015, 2020, 2022).
Past champions Jerry Kelly (2018), Tom Lehman (2019) and Darren Clarke (2021) will also open their 2024 season on Hawai‘i Island.
2009 Open Championship winner Stewart Cink headlines the list of four first-timers to the event next week. Cink will be joined by Ken Duke, Mark Hensby and Harrison Frazar, each of whom joined the winner’s circle for the first time on PGA TOUR Champions in 2023.
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Six members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, including three-time champion Langer, are set to tee it up at Hualalai Golf Course. The 46-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions will be joined by fellow WGHOF members Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Mark O’Meara and Vijay Singh.
Other notables in the field for the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai include 2022 Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker, four-time winner in 2023 Stephen Ames, 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka and Jay Haas, who is making his 19th consecutive start at Hualālai, most among all players in the 2024 field.
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